Category Archives: Guest post

Hannah Knox reflects on the latest example of promising-to-act in Manchester, the Mayor’s Green Summit of March 25th. Last Monday’s Mayor’s Green Summit was the second round of what looks to become an annual ritual of green networking, target setting … Continue reading →

Person A “Whether the story is true (I am inherently suspicious), the underlying point is well made. Marketeers, economists etc have to work very VERY hard to suppress our co-operative instincts and only valorise our competitive ones. It enrages them … Continue reading →

This is a guest post, with all the usual disclaimers. Thinking the Unthinkable Today we are standing at the edge of the abyss facing 2 existential threats, runway climate change and nuclear war. These are the flip sides to the … Continue reading →

Please sign the “Declare a Climate Emergency” petition

"We the undersigned petition the Council to declare a climate emergency, with a target to be "zero carbon" by the year 2030, with a proportionate share of Manchester Airports emissions (35.5 percent owned by the Council) included in the carbon budget it sets."
If you live, work or study in Manchester, you can sign the petition - it's here-
https://democracy.manchester.gov.uk/mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?Id=20